play off
Meaning
- To portray (something) (as unimportant); to dismiss or make light of (a factor in a situation, or one's embarrassment about it); to pretend not to be embarrassed, upset, impressed, or otherwise affected by (it).
- To set (other people) against one another: to induce competition between them, especially in a covert way so that they do not realize the degree to which they have been played (manipulated).
- To compete in a play-off; to compete against (an opponent) in a play-off.
- To display; to show; to put in exercise.
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